Praise the Fallen (#2): Fortunes of War

For those who have died, may we always remember the true costs of war:

The damage done to all these place
is quite unbelievable.
You never have seen such pain
walking through the bombed cities.

A cancerous civilization
fed on its own body,
which is never healing,
but somehow not quite dying.

You never ever could win a war:
that's what you have to learn.
Here everybody is a loser,
you will get nothing in return.

Thousands of men died on both sides
and this is the greatest loss.
The cities will be built again,
but there is no hope for all these men.

Civilian targets were also bombed
so wives and children died as well.
We destroy our own future;
how could you say you won a war?

You never ever could win a war:
that's what you have to learn.
Here everybody is a loser,
you will get nothing in return.

-- Funker Vogt

and do what`s needed. ...Oscar

and make sure to remember and say a prayer for those still fighting today...

As Memorial Day ends, let us too remember those who fought and served, but were not asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. They too gave us freedom and maintained it throughout all our wars, popular and not, justified and not. Their efforts have given us the right to exercise our First Amendment rights each and every day here on DU.

To all our veterans, "Here's to you. Job well done. We will never forget you."

Praise the Fallen (and those still fighting who may Fall)